NXT Ends Partnership with Full Sail University; Upgrading PC

[Chris]

WWE will be spending some time and money in upgrading the Performance Center over the next month as it will be the long-term home of future NXT TV shows, according to Dave Meltzer in this week's Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Meltzer also reported that NXT's relationship with Full Sail University is now over, ending a partnership that began in 2012 and was expanded in 2019. It's unknown if NXT will still continue to use Full Sail students.

The reason NXT is taping three episodes next week at the Performance Center is due to the upgrades and changes, explained in storyline by Karrion Kross and Samoa Joe's brawl last Wednesday that destroyed parts of the arena.

Meltzer said the belief is the show looks too dark on TV so the goals are to make the studio brighter with more lights and more color. Additionally, the plexiglass around ringside may be removed as well.
This aligns with changes coming to the brand that Meltzer has reported before -- both from a visual and philosophical standpoint.

"From a creative standpoint, the show is supposed to give the wrestling students and prospects more television time and less time to the experienced veterans and strong workers, which is a seismic shift in the goal of attempting to present the best wrestling show possible to being a developmental television show. That is the doctrine, but how it plays out remains to be seen, but they do want the concept to be closer to the 2015 version of NXT," he wrote.

 

[Dale]

I never had an issue with the full sail location but I do agree the whole CWC / PC centre setup is way too dark. Just hope they don't go too far the other way with it.

 

[Colt Magnum]

 

[Deezy]

This a big fucking deal......this was a Triple H partnership.

 

[Cwalker]

Wow end of an era.

They really are stripping every semblance of Triple H’s NXT

 

[Deezy]

RL stern is Nick Khan

 

[Necro]

Triple H getting owned daily now.


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[Buffy]

Well, this sucks. I used to go to a lot of NXT Events when it was at Full Sails.